The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.

One kind of justice is that which is manifested in distributions of honour or money or the other things that fall to be divided among those who have a share in the constitution ... and another kind is that which plays a rectifying part in transactions.

Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.

But also philosophy is not about perceptible substances they, you see, are prone to destruction.

As for the story, whether the poet takes it ready made or constructs it for himself, he should first sketch its general outline, and then fill in the episodes and amplify in detail.

The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend.